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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 11 Jan 2017

A hulking folly, but at least an ambitious one…

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By Jane Crowther (96) for Total Film (3,532) on 11 Jan 2017

Despite various beautifully orchestrated set-pieces, narratively the whole thing feels as oddly empty as a prohibition liquor bottle…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for iNews.co.uk (132) on 11 Jan 2017

Strong on performance, atmosphere and production design, but undermined by some less than judicious editing and some frustratingly fuzzy…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 11 Jan 2017

In its unwillingness to settle on a singular approach, Live By Night undercuts the things that occasionally do work, and leaves it a film in…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 11 Jan 2017

Before a foot of film was ever shot on Live by Night, Affleck had already made a decision that would be the film’s undoing…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Jan 2017

While the filmmaker conjures beautiful imagery and a subtle exploration of fathers and their children, the good stuff is too often caught up…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 10 Jan 2017

Live by Night is ambitious to a fault, with so much material and technical pizzazz that a cable miniseries format might have been a better way to go…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 10 Jan 2017

Live by Night is a very mixed bag: Earnest, handsome, even passionate — and also slow, digressive, and a little bland…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 10 Jan 2017

Live by Night gets lost almost from the moment it leaves Lehane and Affleck’s home turf, Boston…

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By Marc F (227) on 10 Jan 2017

Hardly any action...they talked the whole movie and you couldn't understand what they where saying in parts…

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By Jeffrey Lyles (696) for Lyles' Movie Files (591) on 10 Jan 2017

For gangster aficionados, it should be a made movie even if there's some issues that hold it back from elite level gangster classic status…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 10 Jan 2017

Affleck's Live by Night isn't a bad gangster film by any means, it's just overstuffed with egregious flourishes and familiar recalls to just…

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By Jake Cole (292) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Jan 2017

There's nothing at the center of Live by Night, no foundation of drama to ground the convoluted mash-up of so many genre tropes…

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By Jason C (2,488) on 09 Jan 2017

Had the potential to be award winning but they forced some comedy in there that was unnecessary... that was my biggest issue…

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By Rob M (1,048) on 09 Jan 2017

A very fun gangster movie, it felt like a cross between Bugsy and Scarface…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire (3,446) on 09 Jan 2017

A handsome period drama with the occasional impressive flourish, but despite its rich subject matter, it's Affleck’s weakest film yet as a director…

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By Eduardo C (424) on 08 Jan 2017

Had a chance to see the advance screening and I have to admit it not Affleck best work but overall the movie was entertaining, emotional and…

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By Garry L (17) on 08 Jan 2017

Great insight into organised crime in Boston and Florida in the 20s and 30s. If oyu like a good gangster movie then go see…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 06 Jan 2017

As a director, he's too enamored of his star to push the character to the uncomfortable places that are demanded by this tale steeped in contradictory…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 06 Jan 2017

Sluggish, uninspired mobster drama has lots of violence…

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